I actually give a shit about the 50th anniversary ep now. It would be nice if Moffatt has climbed out of his arsehole enough to make the show good again...(...but of course that would involve killing Clara, who he seems to crush on big-time...)

So yeah, the minisode was totally fucking bloody awesome. But Moffat has always been good at setting up big world shaking events and then gently fumbling them, so we'll see I guess ...

Out of interest @ Cat Vincent, what doesn't work about Clara for you? I've found it refreshing to see that Moffat can write a female character without him confusing assertiveness and capability for stropiness ...

@curbRE:Clara - You didn't ask me but I want to talk about it anyway. I liked her initial outings but I progressively think she's a bit manic-pixie-dreamgirl rather than a real person. Also, the almost-quasi-romantic relationship she has going on with The Doctor feels tacked on and I don't understand why it's happening.

Maybe I'm being overly harsh, would be interested to know if any of you disagree...

I didn't like Clara much at all through last season, I can see the manic-pixie-dreamgirl thing for sure. I just hope that they've now established something to make her character grow now. (which for those who didn't see last season I've spoilered...)

Clara being spread through the Doctor's entire life means that she's the first companion to have met every previous iteration. Lots of things that would normally freak out a fresh companion now won't phase her at all. She isn't going to care about regenerations, she'll be fine when 10 meets 11 in a few weeks, she'll probably not be bothered when whatever happens to give us Peter Capaldi happens at Christmas.

They have a chance to turn her into an 'equal partner' companion like Romana used to be, someone who can lead a story as often as they follow the Doctor's lead. Whether they do that or not... we shall see.

I loved seeing eight again. I listened to a bunch of Doctor Who audio plays with the eighth doctor a while ago, the whole arc with Charlie. He is one of my favorite doctors, and it was good to see him get more screen time as the doctor.

Heh, see I don't really see the manic pixie dreamgirl thing at all. But yeah, it'll certainly be interesting to see how her character develops next series, particularly bouncing off of the new Doctor ...

My issue with the whole "but Moffat only writes the first and last episodes of the season!" argument is that he's the one who gets final say in the writer's room about what scripts make it out of that room. It's his responsibility to take the lion's share of the credit or the shit that comes down for how things are written. He's the one with the power to say to another writer "that character's coming out a bit stroppy and we can give her the same strength without making her fucking irritating" or "this reveal doesn't really live up to the setup we've given it". The fact that he's not doing either of those things indicates one of two things, either: he doesn't give a shit (hiiiiiiiiighly unlikely seeing as he seems to have been a big fan of the show before working on it), or he likes how things come out under his watch. Now, obviously, I'm still watching so I can't bitch too much about the job the man's done so far but honestly I would really love it if the next person they got to run things got off this whole "well it's a kids' show so stop being picky about quality" train and worked a little harder at making things make sense while still being fun to watch. It is fucking possible. Imagine what it'd be like if an adult could watch the show and not spend the whole time smacking their head over small details that make no fucking sense whatsoever and take them out of the story, while also blowing kids' minds with things that are possible and making them curious to learn more about such things. Space is fucking interesting, damnit! The show's good as is but I can't help but think about how amazing it could be with just a few little tweaks here and there.

I don't like the fact that Moffet seems to confuse time travel for magic. And it's not just the small details that don't makes sense, but main plot points also. The one episode that really bothered me is when Amy and Rory left the show.

How does the statue of liberty walk across the city without anyone seeing it?

What I do like is there is more comedy in the show since Moffet started. He also brought back the eighth even if it was for only a few minutes.